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Our African travel blog features a smorgasbord collection of articles ranging from updates from the bush, safari stories, travel tips and advice, conservation matters, industry gossip and insightful news and reviews about travel in Southern and East Africa. With contributions by travel experts with a passion for Africa, you will be inspired, informed and prepared for your next African adventure.
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In March this year I fulfilled a lifelong ambition – to visit the great plains of Tanzania, the Serengeti. Stunning camps, professional guides and breathtaking vistas created a lasting memory which has been hard to shake. If I could…
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Discovering Africa is a very personal and reflective experience. Whilst for many travellers bounteous Botswana has long been the decisive African safari destination of choice, for families traveling with children, the experience has now further been enriched (and streamlined),…
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There is no denying that autumn has arrived and winter is just around the corner. Already the first fires are being lighted in the grates around the tasting rooms of the Cape Winelands. Whilst wine tasting just by itself…
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When asked to dream up an idyllic, intimate and utterly romantic African private island holiday, Mozambique should come to mind! And if you had a choice of islands in northern Mozambique to escape to, Vamizi Island should be on…
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Better known for her iconic roles in the highly influential Pulp Fiction and the Kill Bill movies, American actress Uma Thurman has joined the desperate fight to save our rhinos from extinction. Demand for their horn has escalated in…
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If you loved the movie Out of Africa and are a romantic at heart, then you will fall in love with this new owner-run luxury safari lodge set in the heart of Kenya. Located high above the Great Rift Valley,…
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The Cape is blessed with some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and summer holidays here are synonymous with days spent lazily on the beach soaking up the sun. In fact, Africa’s capital of cool Cape Town…
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Recent photographs taken in November 2015 show that the most impressive waterfall in the world, the mighty Victoria Falls, appears to be drying up! It is known locally as ‘the smoke that thunders’ because of the huge spray caused…
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The Nile crocodile is amongst Africa’s most feared predators. And with good reason. It has one of the strongest bites in the animal kingdom and can take down a grown human being with ease. Experts say that a crocodile’s…
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(this one is for the girls!) Most people come away from a safari with a sense of wonder at open spaces uninterrupted by roads or buildings; a feeling of awe at seeing the Milky Way with naked eyes; an…